NOTE:
While reading a best of. List, people must remember that the list reflects the views of its maker at the very second when he makes it and not say. 2 months ago or 2 months after that day.
I mean, now when I read this list, I’m sorry to say that not even 65% of these bands will find their place in any new list which I make.:( But I wouldn’t want to change it as this is a clear indication of what I used to like a few months earlier and see the differences in me now.
My current favourite band, Dream Theater, hasn’t even found a place in this list and that should be evidence enough of what I have been saying. *
20. Googoo Dolls -
Years since I first heard the band: 4 years(all figures are rough estimates)
Recommended songs: Iris, Here Is Gone
Overall Rating of the band: 7.8/10
Lyrics Rating: 9/10
Melody Rating: 7.5/10
Vocals Rating: 8.5/10
Guitars Rating: 7.5/10
19. Pink Floyd -
Years since I first heard the band: 4 years
Recommended songs: Another Brick in the Wall, Comfortably Numb, Arnold Layne, Hey You, Paranoid Eyes
Overall Rating of the band: 8/10
Lyrics Rating: 8.5/10
Melody Rating: 8/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 8.5/10
18. Scorpions -
Years since I first heard the band: 4 years
Recommended songs: Winds of Change, Rock You like a Hurricane, You And I, Holiday
Overall Rating of the band: 7.8/10
Lyrics Rating: 7.5/10
Melody Rating: 8.5/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 8/10
17. Def Leppard -
Years since I first heard the band: 4 years
Recommended songs: Pour Some Sugar on Me, Hysteria, Armageddon it, Animal, Work it Out, Two Steps Behind, Now, Miss You in a Heartbeat, Stand Up.
Overall Rating of the band: 8/10
Lyrics Rating: 7/10
Melody Rating: 8.5/10
Vocals Rating: 8.5/10
Guitars Rating: 8.5/10
16. Amorphis -
Years since I first heard the band: 6 months Recommended songs: Black Winter Day, Elegy, Folk of the North, Karelia, Tuonela, My Kantele, Levitation
Overall Rating of the band: 8.5/10
Lyrics Rating: 7/10
Melody Rating: 9.5/10
Vocals Rating: 8/10
Guitars Rating: 9.5/10
15. Guns n Roses -
Years since I first heard the band: 3-4 years
Recommended songs: November Rain, Sweet Child of Mine, Knocking on Heaven’s Door, Don’t Cry, Live and Let Die
Overall Rating of the band: 8.5/10
Lyrics Rating: 9/10
Melody Rating: 8.5/10
Vocals Rating: 8/10
Guitars Rating: 9/10
14. Europe -
Years since I first heard the band: 5 years Recommended songs: Final Countdown
Overall Rating of the band: 8/10
Lyrics Rating: 9/10
Melody Rating: 9/10
Vocals Rating: 8/10
Guitars Rating: 8.5/10
13. Radiohead -
Years since I first heard the band: 3 years Recommended songs: Creep,
Overall Rating of the band: 8/10
Lyrics Rating: 8.5/10
Melody Rating: 7.5/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 9.5/10
12. R.E.M. -
Years since I first heard the band: 7 years
Recommended songs: Losing My Religion, Man on The Moon, Nightswimming, Everybody Hurts, Drive, Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Imitation of Life, All The Way to Reno, I am Superman,
Overall Rating of the band: 8.5/10
Lyrics Rating: 8.5/10
Melody Rating: 10/10
Vocals Rating: 9.5/10
Guitars Rating: 7.5/10
11. Eagles -
Years since I first heard the band: 4 years
Recommended songs: Hotel California, Tequila Sunrise, Take It Easy
Overall Rating of the band: 8/10
Lyrics Rating: 10/10
Melody Rating: 8/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 10/10
10. Nickelback -
Years since I first heard the band: 2 years
Recommended songs: Hero, How You Remind Me
Overall Rating of the band: 8/10
Lyrics Rating: 8/10
Melody Rating: 8/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 8/10
9. Nightwish -
Years since I first heard the band: 2 years
Recommended songs: Crownless, Phantom Of the Opera, Kinslayer, Wishmaster, She is My Sin, Come Cover Me
Overall Rating of the band: 8.5/10
Lyrics Rating: 8/10
Melody Rating: 10/10
Vocals Rating: 8/10
Guitars Rating: 10/10
8. Metallica -
Years since I first heard the band: 3 years
Recommended songs: Enter Sandman, One, Nothing Else Matters, Unforgiven 2, Master of Puppets, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Overall Rating of the band: 8/10(low because of their new stuff. The old Metallica would easily get 9.5)
Lyrics Rating: 10/10
Melody Rating: 9/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 10/10
7. Rolling Stones -
Years since I first heard the band: 5 years
Recommended songs: Wild Horses, Paint it Black, Start Me Up
Overall Rating of the band: 9/10
Lyrics Rating: 9/10
Melody Rating: 10/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 9/10
6. Dire Straits -
Years since I first heard the band: 5 years
Recommended songs: Sultans of Swing, Walk of Life, Brothers in Arms, Money for Nothing, Lady Writer, Romeo and Juliet, Tunnel of Love.
Overall Rating of the band: 9.5/10
Lyrics Rating: 8.5/10
Melody Rating: 9.5/10
Vocals Rating: 8.5/10
Guitars Rating: 10/10
5. Anathema -
Years since I first heard the band: 6 months
Recommended songs: Alternative 4, Fragile Dreams, Destiny, The Underworld, One Last Goodbye, Feel, Inner Silence, Regret, Shrouds of False
Overall Rating of the band: 9.5/10
Lyrics Rating: 10/10
Melody Rating: 10/10
Vocals Rating: 9/10
Guitars Rating: 8.5/10
4. Black Sabbath -
Years since I first heard the band: 3 years
Recommended songs: Heaven and Hell, Paranoid, NIB, Crazy Train, War Pigs, Iron Man, Planet Caravan
Overall Rating of the band: 9.5/10
Lyrics Rating: 10/10
Melody Rating: 9/10
Vocals Rating: 10/10
Guitars Rating: 9/10
3. Iron Maiden -
Years since I first heard the band: 3 years
Recommended songs: Hallowed Be Thy Name, Fear of The Dark, Fugitive, Aces High, The Trooper, Phantom of the Opera
Overall Rating of the band: 10/10
Lyrics Rating: 9.5/10
Melody Rating: 10/10
Vocals Rating: 10/10
Guitars Rating: 10/10
2. Blind Guardian -
Years since I first heard the band: 3 years
Recommended songs: Mirror Mirror, The Bard’s Song(in the forest), Nightfall, Imaginations from the Other Side, Lord of The Rings, Bright Eyes, Valhalla, When Time Stands Still, Noldor, The Script For My Requiem, Under The Ice, Lost in The Twilight Hall
Overall Rating of the band: 10/10
Lyrics Rating: 10/10
Melody Rating: 10/10
Vocals Rating: 10/10
Guitars Rating: 10/10
1. Led Zeppelin -
Years since I first heard the band: 7 years
Recommended songs: Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, Black Dog, The Battle of Evermore, Misty Mountain Hop, Wah Wah, No Quarter, Heartbreaker
Overall Rating of the band: 10/10
Lyrics Rating: 10/10
Melody Rating: 10/10
Vocals Rating: 10/10
Guitars Rating: 10/10